What is the Latin word for fordable?

The usual Latin words for “fordable” are tenuis, fluō, vadum; also summittō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“fordable” in Latin

tenuisthin, slender, slim, lank; especially; fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse; weak, feeble, tenuous fluōto flow, stream, pour; to proceed, spring, go forth; to vanish, disappear, wilt vadumA shallow, ford, shoal; A body of water; sea, stream; The bottom of a body of water summittōto place underneath; to put forth (from below); to rear or raise (animals)

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

fordable

tenuis (of the water itself, and of rivers that are shallow): tenui aqua, fluens (of rivers): Fordable places, vada, orum, plur.; loca vadosa, orum: to be fordable, vado transiri; tenui fluere aqua (of rivers); summissum esse (to be low; of water and of rivers): to become fordable, summitti (of water and of rivers; Vid: Plin., Ep., 5, 6, 12).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for fordable?: The usual Latin words for “fordable” are tenuis, fluō, vadum; also summittō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.